I, Sadness

"Surf and foam A single grain Pushed, lifted Carried, placed Ebb, flow Each with purpose Tread lightly For often the sand is hot And here or there a gull will pass The breeze will blow A spray, a call..."

"Windswept field Golden grain And a child, small Alone She stops, reflects While air moves around her And deep within she wonders "Will there ever be a time In this life In my life When I am not to bla..."

"Sunlight bathes Sadness and smiles Cool breeze wraps The pure and depraved Trees give shade To both sides of the hunt When children walk On bruising ground Their feet, their hearts Soft and blue Then..."

"Not a sound Bird nor breeze Could it be that I'm alone? Mountain top Balsam and pine Are these my steps, Granola bar crunches Drowning out the silence? When the sound of life is drained away..."

"There's something about rhyming That seems so contrived Beauty to fit Round into square The truth be told With echoes and smiles And roses need noses Or fragrance is lost How clumsy, how crude Seem w..."

"Floating silence All is still, but me Hurtling endlessly Plummeting toward nothing Falling from nowhere I don't know what sent me My form travelling the void Released me to tumble In emptiness Am I ..."